Jimmy Hayes still has his first Chicago Blackhawks sweater hanging on the wall at the Eire Pub, not far from the bronze plaques honoring visits back in the day from a couple of fellas named Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.
The plaques will remain, because this Dorchester landmark, while quite proud of its neighborhoody, blue-collar pulse, is also proud to be the place where two U.S. presidents headline a cast of pols and potentates who have popped in for a beer and banter.
But the Jimmy Hayes sweater is coming down.
“Yeah, as soon as the Bruins call me and tell me Jimmy’s new number,” says the guy sitting at a table near the door, nursing a bottled water.